WPBF 25 News anchor Felicia Rodriguez takes a look at recent tragedies and whether they could have been prevented.

WPBF 25 News anchor Felicia Rodriguez takes a look at recent tragedies and whether they could have been prevented.

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Updated: 8:48 AM EDT Jul 19, 2016

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WEBVTT INJURIES.ANOTHER 14 WERE TREATED FOR SHOCK AFTER THE VIOLENCE.AUTHORITIES ARE STILL INVESTIGATING A MOTIVE.TONIGHT THE INVESTIGATION GOES ON INTO THE MASS SHOOTING BY OMAR MARTIN.>> SINCE THEN VIOLENCE HAS SKYROCKETED.THERE HAVE BEEN MULTILONE WOLF ATTACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE LATEST SHOOTING ONSUNDAY IN BATON ROUGE, WHERE THREE OFFICERS WERE KILLED AND THREE OTHERS WERE INJURED, TARGETED BY FORMER U.S. MARINE GAVEN LONG.TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT ATTACK, 12COPS WERE SHOT IN DALLAS, TEXAS,DURING A PEACEFUL PROTEST.FIVE OF THEM DIED.ALL SHOT BY ONE MAN, SNIPER MICAH XAVIER JOHNSON.LIKE BOTH THESE MEN MARTIN WAS ALONE GUNMAN AND NOW THE F.B.I. IS FACING TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE ORLANDO IT IN CLUB SHOOTING COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.REPORTER: ALARMING CLAIMS FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING.ALL CLAIMING TO HAVE REPORT OMAR'S STRANGE BEHAVIOR.OMAR STOPPED IN FIVE TO SIX WEEKS BEFORE THE ORLANDO MASSACRE WANTING TO BUY BULK AMMUNITION AND BODY ARMOR BUT HIS EMPLOYEES BECAME SUSPICIOUS,REFUSED TO SELL TO HEM AND CALLED THE F.B.I.>> OUR INTUITION WAS CORRECT, AND IT'S VERY SAD THAT WE HAD HIM THAT CLOSE.IT WAS THAT CLOSE, LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD HAVE GOTTEN THEIR HANDS ON HIM.>> THEN THERE WAS ONE OF HIS FORMER CO-WORKERS WHO TOLD US THAT HE WAS VERY ERAT PARTICULARAND SHOWED INCREDIBLE HATRED FORWOMEN, MINORITIES AND EVEN THREATENED A MASS SHOOTING.>> HE SAID I'M GOING TO KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE.THIS WENT AN INNUENDO, A STATEMENT.>> DANIEL GILROY, A POLICE OFFICER, WORKED WITH HIM IN 2014AT PGA VILLAGE IN PETR ST. LUCIE.HE SAYS HE REPORTED THE THREATS TO HIS SUPERVISOR TWICE, BUT NOTHING WAS DONE.>> BECAUSE I KNEW.NOT TIME, LOCATION OR DATE, BUT I KNEW THIS MAN WOULD DO SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE EVENTUALLY.>> ANYBODY WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY CANNOT KNOW EVERYBODY AT ANY GIVEN TIME ALL THE TIME.>> FORMER F.B.I. AGENT STEWART KAPLAN SAT DOWN WITH US TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE F.B.I. HANDLED INVESTIGATIONS LIKE THESE.>> THERE IS GOING TO BE THAT UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WHERE SOMETHING OR SOME PERSON MAY SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS.>> WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE?>> OMAR MARTIN WAS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN.WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO EMBRACE AND UNDERSTAND, IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE A UNITED STATES CITIZEN, OR LIVEHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, THEREIS SOMETHING CALLED DUE PROCESS.AND WITHIN THAT DUE PROCESS, A PERSON IS AFFORDED NOTICE A ANOPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.>> THE F.B.I., IF, IN FACT, COMES INTO CONTACT WITH INFORMATION, WHETHER THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEANS OR THROUGH HUMAN INTELLIGENCE OR SOME OTHERMEANS, THAT SOMEONE MAY BE IN THE PLANNING STAGE OR IN PREPARATION OF COMMITTING A TERRORIST ACT, THEY WANT TO BE AS DISCREET AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO TIP OFF PEOPLE.>> JUST HOURS AFTER THE SHOOTING, WE LEARNED THE F.B.I. INVESTIGATED OMAR MARTIN THREE TIMES.TWICE IN 2013 AFTER CO-WORKERS ALERTED THEM THAT MARTIN CLAIMEDTO HAVE TERRORIST TIES.INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED NO THREAT OR LINKS TO TERRORISM ANDTHE INVESTIGATION WAS CLOSED.>> WE CAN'T AS AGENTS ESTABLISH PROBABLE CAUSE WHEN WE'RE TRYING FACILITATE A FULL-BLOWN INVESTIGATION.IT CREATES A ROADBLOCK AND IF WECAN'T MEET THA THRESHOLD THE INVESTIGATION, SO TO SPEAK, WILLBE CLOSED DOWN.>> THEN IN 2014, THE F.B.I. UNCOVERED A POSSIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THRESHOLD THE INVESTIGATION,MATEEN AND ANOTHER, FIRST AMERICAN SUICIDE BOMBER INSYRIA.THE TWO MEN ATTENDED THE SAME FORT PIERCE MOSQUE, BUT THE F.B.I., AGAIN, CLOSED THE INVESTIGATION AFTER DETERMINING THERE WAS LITTLE CONTACT BETWEENTHE TWO MEN.>> THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE THE F.B.I. HAD ENOUGH INFORMATION.IN FACT, IT PROVED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE EVEN A REASONABLE SUSPICION TO CONTINUE AN INVESTIGATION SO THEY CLOSED IT OUT.REPORTER: PUBLISHED REPORTS CLAIM OMAR MATEEN WAS PLACED ON A TERRORIST WATCH LIST IN 2013 AND 2014 BUT WAS LATER REMOVED WHEN THE F.B.I. CLOSED THOSE INVESTIGATIONS.>> THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST IS ABOUT ONE MILLION AND EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS.>> MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST ARE OUTSIDEOF THE U.S., AND EVEN IF OMAR MATEEN HAD BEEN KEPT ON THE WATCH LIST IT WOULDN'T HAVE STOPPED HIM FROM BUYING GUNS ANDAMMUNITION.>> THERE IS NO LAW PRESENTLY ON THE BOOKS THAT PREVENT SOMEONE FROM PURCHASING A WEAPON OR PURCHASING AMMUNITION JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE ON A TERRORIST WATCH LIST OR ON A NO-FLY LIST.>> WHETHER OR NOT HIS NAME APPEARED ON THE LIST YEARS AGO IS A LITTLE CONSOLATION TO THE VICTIMS OF THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING, HE'LL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED AS THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEADLIEST TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE U.S., SINCE THE 9/11 ATTACK.>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE OF THESE ACTS HERE DOMESTICALLY TO FINALLY GET US TO WAKE UP AND EMBRACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RELENT ONSOME OF THESE RIGHTS TO APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND THA THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE.>> NEW DOCUMENTS RELEASED JUST TODAY BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHOW OMAR MATEEN CLAIMED HE WAS REPEATEDLY TAUNTED FOR BEING MUSLIM BY DEPUTIES AND OTHERS WHILE HE WAS A SECURITY GUARD ATTHE ST. LUCIE COUNTY COURTHOUSE,THAT'S WHEN HE REPORTEDLY TOLD

Special report: Preventing tragedies

WPBF 25 News anchor Felicia Rodriguez takes a look at recent tragedies and whether they could have been prevented.